Mass Effect 3: Leviathan DLC leaks more spoilers

Leaked files within the recently released Extended Cut have revealed details on new downloadable content for Mass Effect 3, including some interesting hints on the origins of the Reapers.

Mass Effect 3 – is there such a thing a good Reaper?

It seems the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut may have revealed more secrets than even BioWare anticipated, after eager fans found details of new plot elements buried within its code. So once again we’ll have to warn you that the following story contains major Mass Effect spoilers…Fans on the BioWare Social Network have discovered extensive script fragments within the files for the Extended Cut, which point towards a new downloadable expansion named Leviathan.

The name refers to a Reaper by the same name, who is described as a ‘traitor’ and ‘defector’ and has already killed one of his own. The mission starts with Shepard (the expansion presumably takes place before the ending of Mass Effect 3) finding a scientist at a mining facility that has been under the indoctrinated control of Leviathan for over 10 years.Leviathan itself has been mentioned before in the series, most notably in the Bring Down The Sky downloadable content for the first Mass Effect, in which the batarians uncover the dormant Reaper and become indoctrinated as they reactivate him. However, it’s not really made clear this is what’s happening until Mass Effect 3 (and only then depending on whether you keep Balak alive).It’s also stated that the Reapers ‘did not fully exterminate their creators’ – despite the Extended Cut implying that they were the unwilling subjects for the very first Reaper.There are more spoilers within the actual text file, which is available from BioWare forums (at least for now), but we’ll leave that for you to discover if you really want to ruin all the surprises.Not including the free Extended Cut, up until now all the downloadable content has been for the multiplayer mode but presumably Leviathan will be the first paid-for story addition. If this leak is anything to go by it sounds like it’s almost finished and liked to be released quite soon.